Acting credits
107
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
William Hootkins
Acting
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Movies: 81Series: 26
TMDB ID: 663
IMDb ID: nm0393853
Known for: Acting
Born: July 5, 1948
Died: October 23, 2005
Age: 57
Place of birth: Dallas, Texas, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1965 - 2005
Years active: 41
Average TMDB rating: 6.2
Wikidata: Q1351454
Also known as
Bill Hootkins • William Michael Hootkins
Biography
William Michael Hootkins was born on July 5, 1948, in Dallas, Texas. He moved to London, England in the early '70s and lived there up until 2002. Hootkins was an actor at Theatre Intime while attending Princeton University where he learned how to speak fluent Mandarin Chinese. He also trained as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, and attended St. Marks, where he was in the same theater group as Tommy Lee Jones. The imposingly bulky and heavyset Hootkins first began acting in films and TV shows alike in the mid '70s. His more noteworthy parts include the first of the Rebel fighter pilots to get killed while attacking the Death Star in "Star Wars", scientist Topol's bumbling oaf assistant in "Flash Gordon", Major Eaton, sent by the US government in "Raiders of the Lost Ark", one of Rod Steiger's demented sons in "American Gothic", a corrupt police lieutenant in "Batman", a disgusting sleazy voyeur in "Hardware", a coarse South African police chief in "Dust Devil", the mysterious and duplicitous Mr. X in "Hear My Song", a haughty corporate executive in "Death Machine", Santa Claus in "Like Father, Like Santa", and an opera-singing vampire in "The Breed". Moreover, Hootkins had small parts in two "Pink Panther" pictures: he's a taxi driver in both "The Trail of the Pink Panther" and "Curse of the Pink Panther". Among the TV shows he did guest spots on are "Yanks Go Home", "Agony", "Play for Today", "Tales of the Unexpected", "The Life and Times of David Lloyd George", "Brett Maverick", "Cagney and Lacey", "Taxi", "Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense", "Poirot", "Chancer", "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles", "The Tomorrow People", "The West Wing", and "Absolute Power". Hootkins received many accolades for his outstanding performance as Sir Alfred Hitchcock in Terry Johnson's hit play "Hitchcock Blonde". In addition to his substantial film and TV credits, Hootkins was also a popular and prolific voice artist who recorded dozens of plays for BBC Radio Drama; he supplied the voices for such iconic individuals as Orson Welles, J. Edgar Hoover, and Winston Churchill. William Hootkins died of pancreatic cancer on October 23, 2005. IMDb Mini Biography
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with William Hootkins.
5.7
Colour Me Kubrick
as Frank Rich
2005 Movie
5.8
Dear Wendy
as Marshall Walker
2005 Movie
4.7
Blessed
as Detective Lauderdale
2004 Movie
5.6
The Magnificent Ambersons
as Uncle George
2002 Movie
6.3
Hamilton Mattress
as Senor Balustrade (voice)
2002 Movie
5.1
The Breed
as Fusco
2001 Movie
4.5
Town & Country
as Barney
2001 Movie
5.5
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
as Sergei Diaghilev
2000 Movie
9.0
Animated Epics: Moby Dick
as Starbucks (voice)
2000 Movie
4.5
The Omega Code
as Sir Percival Lloyd
1999 Movie
Survivor Science: The Dead Man Walking
as Narrator (voice)
1999 Movie
5.0
Like Father, Like Santa
as Santa Claus
1998 Movie
2.5
Something to Believe In
as Car Dealer
1998 Movie
5.0
This World, Then the Fireworks
as Jake Krutz
1997 Movie
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
as The Man
1997 Movie
4.9
The Island of Dr. Moreau
as Kiril
1996 Movie
4.1
Virgin Mary
as judge Marulic
1995 Movie
6.5
Funny Bones
as Al
1995 Movie
5.9
Death Machine
as John Carpenter
1995 Movie
Time Life Animal Oddities: The Meanest Animal Alive
as Narrator
1995 Movie
4.5
The NeverEnding Story III
as Bark Troll / Falkor (voice)
1994 Movie
Predators of the Wild: Crocodiles and Alligators
as Narrator
1994 Movie
Predators of the Wild: African Survival
as Narrator
1994 Movie
5.8
Age of Treason
as Senator Garrus
1993 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with William Hootkins.
8.2
Justice League
as Commander (voice) • 1 eps
2001 Series
American Gangster
as Narrator • 3 eps
2000 Series
8.3
The West Wing
as U.S. Translator • 1 eps
1999 Series
Extreme Machines
as Narrator • 60 eps
1997 Series
7.8
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
as Loch Ness Monster (voice) • 1 eps
1994 Series
6.6
Iron Man
as Crimson Dynamo (voice) • 1 eps
1994 Series
6.5
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
as Diaghilev • 1 eps
1992 Series
8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as FBI Agent Burt • 1 eps
1989 Series
7.4
The New Statesman
as Willoughby Guzzler • 1 eps
1987 Series
6.4
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
as Lou Delmart • 1 eps
1984 Series
6.3
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
as Hamilton Betts • 1 eps
1983 Series
8.0
Blackadder
as Monk • 1 eps
1983 Series
6.6
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
as Frank Dorr • 1 eps
1983 Series
7.1
Remington Steele
as Chester Harcourt • 1 eps
1982 Series
7.0
Cagney & Lacey
1 eps
1982 Series
6.2
American Playhouse
as Phil Cooper • 1 eps
1982 Series
6.7
Bergerac
as Eugene Field • 1 eps
1981 Series
6.7
Tales of the Unexpected
as Peter Bligh • 2 eps
1979 Series
6.0
The Lost Boys
as Charles Frohman • 3 eps
1978 Series
7.2
Taxi
as Liquor Authority Agent • 1 eps
1978 Series
5.0
Clouds of Glory
as Reverend Dewey • 1 eps
1978 Series
7.0
Laurence Olivier Presents
as Postman • 1 eps
1976 Series
7.0
Playhouse
as Mr. Bowles • 1 eps
1974 Series
7.0
NOVA
as Voice of Methuselah • 1 eps
1974 Series